What was the first coaster to top Magnum?

^Come on guys, any1 have one. :)

Top ten from RCDB:

1st 456' Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Adventure Jackson, New Jersey 08527 USA 5/21/2005

2nd 420' Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 44870 USA 5/4/2003

3rd 415' Superman The Escape Six Flags Magic Mountain Valencia, California 91355 USA 3/15/1997

4th 377' 4" Tower of Terror Dreamworld Coomera, Queensland 4209 Australia 1997

* 318' 3" Steel Dragon 2000 Nagashima Spa Land Nagashima, Kuwana Mie 511-1135 Japan 8/23/2003
5th 310' Millennium Force Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 44870 USA 5/13/2000

6th 262' 6" Thunder Dolphin LaQua Bunkyo Tokyo 112-0004 Japan 5/1/2003

7th 259' 2" Fujiyama Fuji-Q Highland Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Japan 7/1996

* 249' 4" Eejanaika Fuji-Q Highland Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Japan 7/19/2006

8th 245' Titan Six Flags Over Texas Arlington, Texas 76010 USA 4/27/2001

9th 239' 6" Silver Star Europa Park Rust, Baden Wuerttemberg 77977 Germany 3/23/2002

10th 235' Goliath Six Flags Magic Mountain Valencia, California 91355 USA 2/11/2000

Does anyone have a list of all the 200ft coasters?

Here you go.

I'm interested in Moonsault Scramble (Fugi-Q). 246 feet in 1983? I wonder why it closed (or if it ever worked in the first place).

From http://www.negative-g.com/NoLimits/No%20Limits%20Defunct%20Coasters.htm

The Moonsault Scramble was built in 1983 in the shadow of Japan's Mount Fuji at Fuji-Q Highlands. It was designed by Vekoma of the Netherlands for their Japanese distributor Meisho. Moonsault Scramble was built in the middle of the park's ice skating rink/go-kart track and was known for it's extremely high G forces. This shuttle coaster is similar to Vekoma's popular Boomerang coasters with its slow lift backwards out of the station before being released down through the station onto the loops. Instead of the typical boomerang layout Moonsault Scramble inverts four times as the train passed trough it's one of a kind pretzel loop.

Finding some images (really interesting layout) It would appear that the height is not track height, but the height of a couple support towers.

Yeah, which is why (I think, anyway) there is no drop height listed on RCDB.

Its just a shuttle coaster. It may be that it was never measured before being closed (or rcdb just hasn't collected the info). I'm wishing I'd had a chance to ride it before it closed.

For sure - its definitely one unique coaster. That pretzel is wild, especially for '83.

magnum_shawn said:
Is magnum still in the tallest 20-30 coasters?

Does any1 possibly have a chart of the 50 tallest coasters?

RCDB is your friend. :)

Here's the list sorted by height - just click any of the other headers to re-sort.

Magnum is still the 25th tallest coaster in the world and has the 27th longest drop.

^You've haven't posted here in a while.

I still lurk a bit. :)

I wish I could find the catalog Meisho had sent me back then. *** Edited 7/20/2006 7:23:01 AM UTC by Magnum "Candy" Man***

I rode Desperado in 1997 or 1998, and it still ranks in my top 5 steelies. Very nice ride. Reminded me of Magnum but with more character.

That's the first positive thing I've ever heard about Desperado!

Really? I'm surprised. I don't know if it's changed, but when I rode it it was very smooth, about like Magnum, and I loved the layout and the fly-throughs through the casino. I would love to get back on that one again.

I rode Desperado the 1st year and hated it! Yes it was smooth. But it was really slow!